Acts 2:1-4: "1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance."
2 Corinthians 1:21-22: "21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."
2 Corinthians 4:6: "6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
Colossians 1:13-14: "13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
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The first two verses of the hymn come from 2 Corinthians 4:6. Both contain the idea of "light shin[ing] out of darkness": "Bring light from our God that we may be / Replete in His joy this season. / God, shine for us now in this dark place" in the first verse and "Then came to the world that light sublime... Jesus all mortals did embrace, / All darkness and shame removing." God's shining "in our hearts" appears at the end of the first verse: "Your name on our hearts emblazon."
The third verse, which summarizes Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, seems to come from Colossians 1:13-14.
The fourth verse (the beginning, at least) comes from Acts 2:1-4: "God came to us then at Pentecost, / His Spirit new life revealing."
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 could also be cited for "Your name on our hearts emblazon" in the first verse, and it also seems to appear in the fourth verse, specifically in the line "That we might no more from Him be lost."
The third verse, which summarizes Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, seems to come from Colossians 1:13-14.
The fourth verse (the beginning, at least) comes from Acts 2:1-4: "God came to us then at Pentecost, / His Spirit new life revealing."
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 could also be cited for "Your name on our hearts emblazon" in the first verse, and it also seems to appear in the fourth verse, specifically in the line "That we might no more from Him be lost."
